Corpus Christi

Spain2025animated13'Short film competition

A poignant, unsettling tale of a sick woman whose condition cannot be cured by medicine alone. Adela feels that someone is watching her. No one believes her, yet her unease persists. Her family and doctors suggest medication and hospital treatment, but she seeks solace in religious rituals and sessions with a fortune-teller, to whom her demonic tormentor reveals himself. Animator Bea Lema brings her award-winning graphic novel to the screen. From the pages of the comic book, she derives not only her personal story but also the embroidered form.